In August 2026, the average salary in five regions of Russia exceeded 150 thousand rubles, Izvestia writes, citing Rosstat data. The highest figure was recorded in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug - 220,010 rubles. The top five also included the Magdan region (192,873 rubles), the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (183,636 rubles), Moscow (176,138 rubles) and the Kamchatka Territory (155,676 rubles). In the country as a whole, the average salary for this period was 103,014 rubles.